You prob. saw these...
http://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?3,39233,39233#msg-39233http://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?3,41154,41154#msg-411541st one.. b/c it was mid-June this yr (2011).
2nd one.. b/c basil talks about Emeric crossing
Regardless... mid-June... yeah, sure maybe you can't do that whole loop
(if you don't want to hike in snow)
but... seriously... don't worry about it... no need to
you can just keep going up towards Emeric and if you no like...
then go back down and head towards Merced headwaters...
past Washburn.... etc.. some great stuff up there
(see first one).
As long as you go up the Merced all the way to Merced Lake... if you're not
impressed... then I dunno what to do with you.
Have fun